For billions still living without access to sanitation and water the cost of inaction is too highWHO: Minister:
WHO:
UNICEF:
World Bank Water and Sanitation Program: Jae So, Program Manager
Civil Society: Donor representative: Mr. Dick van Ginhoven, Sr. Water and Sanitation Advisor, The Netherlands WHAT: Press briefing to: (i) Launch of the UN-Water Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS), which centralizes key information/data, highlights challenges and elucidates where efforts stagnate for achieving the water and sanitation Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets.
(ii) Pre-meeting briefing: First annual High Level Meeting of Sanitation and Water for All, to be held on 23 April, to take stock of progress, decide how to increase the performance and effectiveness of the sector, and increase understanding of how investment in sanitation and water leads to greater economic and human development.
WHERE: Ronald Reagan Building: The Hemisphere Room, Washington D.C.
WHEN: Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. EST
For further information, please contact: Geneva: Ms Nada Osseiran, Communications Officer, Public Health and Environment, WHO, Geneva, Tel. + 4122 7914475, Mobile +4179 445 1624, Email: mailto:osseirann@who.int; Washington: Ms Donna Eberwine-Villagrán, Media relations, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Tel. + 1 202 974 3122, Email: eberwind@paho.org. New York: Ms Saira Khan, UNICEF Media, New York, Tel: + 1 212 326 7224, Email:sskhan@unicef.org Washington: Mr Christopher Walsh, Communications Officer, Water and Sanitation Program, Tel: + 1 202 473 4594, Email, cwalsh@worldbank.org
For media materials and info please visit: http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/glaas http://www.unwater.org/activities_san4all.html
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